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Tex. Penal Code § 38.13 — Hindering proceedings by disorderly conduct

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 38: OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 38.13

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Penal Code § 38.13Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally hinders an official proceeding by noise or violent or tumultuous behavior or disturbance. (b) A person commits an offense if he recklessly hinders an official proceeding by noise or violent or tumultuous behavior or disturbance and continues after explicit official request to desist. (c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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